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Saudi Arabia Pegged As The Leader for the United Nations Women's Rights Forum But Sadly No Women Will Be Able to Drive There
28 Mar 2024 18:28 GMT
… bid for leadership condemned by human rights groups because of the kingdom … cover their hair with a hijab or niqab. If they don…
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11 Iranian Women's Rights Activists Sentenced To Over 60 Years
28 Mar 2024 17:33 GMT
… arrested for defying the mandatory hijab in September 2022.
The authorities … opposition voices and maintain control. Human rights defenders, journalists, students, and members … affiliated with the Defenders of Human Rights Center advocacy group have been …
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Shamima Begum is 'a model detainee' because she is one of the few women who refuses to wear a niqab despite ISIS enforcers running Syrian detention centre, camp officials say
28 Mar 2024 10:35 GMT
… , either choosing to wear a niqab or being forced to.
Around … rules and not wear a niqab.
The niqab is a long garment … was pictured in a black hijab, but since her relocation to … Riedijk, who had converted to Islam, Begum went on to have …
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Behind the Veil
25 Mar 2024 09:58 GMT
… referred to this as “bad hijab” and warned women they would … concerning the declining state of human rights in Afghanistan, spokesperson for the …
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US Senate Announces Markup Hearing For MAHSA Act
28 Mar 2024 17:33 GMT
… leaders.
The bipartisan Mahsa Amini Human rights and Security Accountability Act (MAHSA … hands of Iran's hijab police. Her death sparked country …
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The path to salvation: Insights from ‘The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam’
22 Mar 2024 13:35 GMT
… Holy Quran teaches us is Islam,” the Promised Messiahas elaborated, … Promised Messiahas emerged as Islam’s most visionary thinker of … revelation – the idea that Islam’s spiritual message was intended … on earth by shattering the veil between the temporal and …
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MAEF Shut Down: Access To Education Made Difficult For Marginalised Communities
28 Mar 2024 00:55 GMT
After the controversy and subsequent ban on hijab in educational institutions in Karnataka in 2022, the rights of marginalised communities to education have come under attack yet again from the Hindutva right-wing government. On 7th February 2024, the …
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Celebration Of Norouz, Dancing, Unveiling As Civil Disobedience
28 Mar 2024 08:07 GMT
… also refusing to wear the hijab.
The convergence of Norouz holidays … paganism at the cost of Islam. For many Iranians, however, there … , Life, Freedom
According to Hengaw Human Rights Organization, a Kurdish rights group …
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Salma al-Shehab: Leeds University urged to act in case of Saudi Arabian student jailed for tweets
27 Mar 2024 16:38 GMT
… Saudi Arabia to a woman human rights defender, and it drew attention … .
“Such engagements should not veil the dire human rights situation in Saudi Arabia … such calls can lead to human rights victories, such as the release …
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How governments are using facial recognition to crack down on protesters
27 Mar 2024 13:29 GMT
… OVD-Info, a Russian human rights and media group dedicated to … women not wearing the hijab on public transport. This … “People who remove their hijab in public places will be … Mohajerin, deputy director at human rights organization Miaan Group, told Rest …